HOT!!! P4 3.06 GHz $420 with free shipping at Newegg

[Merlin]

In the refurbished section. Comes with a 1 year warranty. Lowest on pricewatch is $541. Says IN STOCK....too bad I have no $$$. Hope someone gets one before they are gone.

 

[corinthos]

At this price, it's worth buying TWO!

 

[Snyder81]

I guess I don't understand the chip hype anymore...I used to get excited back when they speed increases were from 200mhz to 233mhz, etc, but processors (for most people) contain way more power than a person can use. Why pay the premium?

 

[Valvoline6]

Get a 2.4b or 2.53b and OC that mother. Costs much less...

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: Snyder81
I guess I don't understand the chip hype anymore...I used to get excited back when they speed increases were from 200mhz to 233mhz, etc, but processors (for most people) contain way more power than a person can use. Why pay the premium?

Because you might be able to get it up to 3.8!

 

[Tab]

Someone got his 3.06 to 4Ghz with water cooling. I am surprised how far the price went down. It was at $860.

 

[RDMustang1]

Originally posted by: Snyder81
I guess I don't understand the chip hype anymore...I used to get excited back when they speed increases were from 200mhz to 233mhz, etc, but processors (for most people) contain way more power than a person can use. Why pay the premium?

True, it's silly to but top of the line products.. Much smarter to get the best bang for the buck unless you have a special reason... Of course this is just my opinion...

 

[anxman69]

Don't forget this has Hyperthreading technology -- the mobo detects this as two CPUs and processes two threads simultaneously. In real world business benchmarks, this destroyed even P4 3.5's.

-Ankur

 

[LouPoir]

Super price. My P4 3.06 runs at 3472. Thats really fast.

Lou

 

[gplanet]

/me wonders how they refurbish a CPU

 

[pcmax]

Originally posted by: gplanet
/me wonders how they refurbish a CPU

They don't, these are typically returns for whatever reason. I haven't seen anyone report that they received a bad refurbished cpu from newegg but I may be wrong.

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: pcmax

Originally posted by: gplanet
/me wonders how they refurbish a CPU

They don't, these are typically returns for whatever reason. I haven't seen anyone report that they received a bad refurbished cpu from newegg but I may be wrong.

Yup, you are wrong.
I read earlier today where a guy was actually buying refurb'ed proc's from them and he got a few with cracked cores.
More than likely these are customer return's by Elroy the game console freak after he attempted to install it into a socket A board.

 

[pcmax]

Originally posted by: Oakenfold

Originally posted by: pcmax

Originally posted by: gplanet
/me wonders how they refurbish a CPU

They don't, these are typically returns for whatever reason. I haven't seen anyone report that they received a bad refurbished cpu from newegg but I may be wrong.

Yup, you are wrong.
I read earlier today where a guy was actually buying refurb'ed proc's from them and he got a few with cracked cores.
More than likely these are customer return's by Elroy the game console freak after he attempted to install it into a socket A board.

Ouch, god that sucks! How and the h@ll do they not notice that crap, anybody with an eyeball that looks at these chips daily would notice a crack. Oh well, I knew there would be somebody out there. I rolled the dice a few times with their refurbed stuff, I am about 3 outta 4 and that's with careful skepticism.